“Human existence, or one's manifestation of it, is the greatest riddle of all. Many people will pursue this curiosity through insurmountable tragedies to get to the unanswerable other side.”

“Love is not an act based on conditions. Love is the conditions all other acts are based on. Love for our Creator. Love for others. Love for ourselves.”

“Some things are only known in the silence. Be still. Listen”

“Have you ever loved someone so much that when you drew a breath you knew it was his?”

“One wouldn't believe there could be so many people, and one must love them all.”

“She is an immense presence in the world. Tragedy and strength have so perfectly coalesced in her, as if one fed off the other. When she cries, it is not out of sorrow but out of a complex mass of emotions that address the trade-offs of life, the risks and the inevitable losses. Joy and sadness are two sides of the same thing.”

“It isn't the shape of the designs or the points or the batting, it's the love you sew into your quilt that is your true legacy.”